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Safer Texting and Calling While Driving

Posted by Marc Laspina on 1/19/2009 at 1:00 PM

Operating a vehicle while using a cell phone can be distracting, potentially dangerous and increasingly illegal. New technology aims to address this problem.

By Salvatore Salamone

Most of us are wed to our mobile phones these days. Unfortunately, many of us can't bear to be out of contact with friends or work, even while driving. And increasingly, that means people are texting while driving — an incredibly distracting practice that diverts at least one hand, and both eyes, from the road. Even if we are careful, it's a natural instinct to check an incoming message.

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